Obadiah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “servant or slave of Yahweh.” In 2024 it was given to 131 boys in the United States.
Obadiah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “servant or slave of Yahweh” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Obadiah first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1412 in 2024, and in 2024 131 babies received the name — 2,416 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Obadiah means “servant or slave of Yahweh” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Obadiah is a boy name. In 2024, 131 babies received the name in the US.
Obadiah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Obadiah first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #1412 in 2024, and 131 babies were given the name in 2024.
Obadiah is pronounced /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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